Utility of anti-wi-1 serological testing in the diagnosis of blastomycosis in wisconsin residents

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 87-92

  Soufleris, Adam J ^a,b   Klein, Bruce S ^a,b   Courtney, Brian T ^a,b   Proctor, Mary E ^a,b   Jones, Jeffrey M ^a,b  

^a William S Middleton Veterans Affairs Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0028360783     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/19.1.87     Document Type: Article

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